Wele Ousmane

Mauritania Navy

Chief Warrant Officer Wele Ousmane, a chief electrician in the Mauritanian marine army, was arrested on November 27, 1990. He warned his wife to prepare for their children to join family in Djéol if he didn’t return that evening. That night, he was tortured and executed by a firing squad under a man named Jemal. His family was initially told he was on a mission, but later informed he had died during it, with no details given about the circumstances or his burial